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(1) " Assuming good faith is a mainstay on Wikipedia." Collaborative editing is not possible when an editor focuses on impugning the motivations of other editors instead of article content.
(2) Wikipedia:Harassment - Wikipedia rules treat harassment very seriously. Wikihounding and threats are very serious forms of disruptive editing.
(3) Canvassing for votes during any Wikipedia discussion is prohibited. Canvassing for support in order to alter consensus constitutes disruptive editing.
(4) Wikipedia: Civility - Mutual respect among editors and respectful language toward other editors is necessary to provide a friendly and collaborative environment for editing. Uncivil comments or personal attacks produce ill will among users and intimidates users seeking to make constructive contributions.
(5) " Wikipedia is not a battleground." The purpose of Wikipedia is to improve article content through joint effort among editors, not to score victories over opponents.
(1) Hijiri88 has not assumed good faith towards the users Catflap08, [1] [2] [3] [4], John Carter,(" You... are not here to help improve the article"), and CurtisNaito. [5] [6] [7](" constructive discussion can take place on the talk page. You have already demonstrated that you are incapable of this")
On many occasions, Hijiri88 has very unashamedly admitted to not assuming good faith. [8] [9]
(2) Hijiri88 admitted that he was hounding Catflap08. [11] Hijiri88 followed Catflap08 to multiple articles in which Hijiri88 had no previous interest in order to cast aspersions on him. [12] [13] The admin Drmies warned Hijiri88 about his following of Catflap08 even after the IBAN was put in place. [14]
Hijiri88 has made both explicit threats against TH1980(" You can count on me seeing to your receiving harsh repercussions for this") and implicit ones [15], and has posted harassing messages on his talk page. [16] [17] Hijiri has followed TH1980 to articles in which Hijiri88 had no previous interest only to revert or modify TH1980's edits. [18] [19]
Hijiri88 has also posted threats and harassing messages on the talk page of CurtisNaito. [20] [21] He followed CurtisNaito to other articles in which he had no previous interest and posted harassing comments there, including at History of Japan [22] [23] [24], the Iwane Matsui featured article review, [25] and the Ralph Townsend featured article review. [26] Due to this comment, Hijiri88 was banned for one week for issuing " completely unacceptable" threats against CurtisNaito, but he still refused to admit he had done anything wrong.
(3) Hijiri88 regularly canvasses for the support of other users during AN/I discussions about him by posting non-neutral messages on their talk pages or on other forums. [27] [28] [29] [30] The admin Drmies admonished Hijiri88 for this canvassing. [31]
(4) Hijiri88 has made clear personal attacks and uncivil comments directed at user Catflap08. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] However, Hijiri88 strongly defended his use of personal attacks against Catflap08 on multiple occasions. [40] [41]
Hijiri88 has made personal attacks and uncivil comments directed at the users TH1980, [42] [43](" POV-pushing sock"), John Carter, [44] [45] [46] [47] and CurtisNaito. [48] [49] [50] [51]
(5) The admin Jayron32 noted that Hijiri88 adopts a battleground mentality towards editing. [52] Hijiri88 often speaks about editing in terms of winning and losing.(" I guarantee you you will lose that argument")(" you (h)ave lost on a content issue")
Hijiri88 sees himself as battling against a long list of "Korean" editors, including TH1980, who he targeted in his user space. He believes that these editors intend to " go onto English Wikipedia and denigrate another country's culture". He has used even the text of Wikipedia articles themselves to attack his perceived opponents, the " Korean ultranationalists".
-Battleground statements were made while this workshop was ongoing. [53] [54] [55]
Support Again, the evidence is clear as to Hijiri's behavior in this regard. (And for the record, I am not Korean nor of Korean descent. I am an Anglo-Saxon American with a keen interest in Japanese history, in particular Japan in World War Two.) TH1980 ( talk) 23:07, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Per WP:FOC. The purpose of talk pages is to discuss content and articles WP:TALK#USE.
Civility is required, especially in areas where there is disagreement. Editors in areas where there is disagreement should take extra steps to avoid uncivil behaviour. Personal attacks and harassment are unnecessary and only add fuel to the fire.
WP:NPA Personal attacks harm the Wikipedia community, they harm the cooperation needed to create an encyclopedia.
WP:TALKNO Misrepresenting others harms the building of an encyclopedia and creates mistrust. We should not misrepresent what others have said but try to AGF and understand the point of view of other editors.
Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle of WP. We must assume that other editors are acting in good faith and not come to the conclusion they are acting in ways that are intended to harm the project or editors. While not a suicide pact, repeated actions must be shown to be against the purpose of building an encyclopedia for editors to ABF.
Per WP:WIKIHOUNDING "Wikihounding is the singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. This is with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor" Causing distress by hounding is divisive, and harms the goal of building an encyclopedia.
Meatpuppetry is divisive. By using others to achieve ends we can not do on our own it is possible to game the system.
Evidence must be provided when accusing another editor of misbehaviour. This is especially true if the accusations are repeated or severe.
The evidence shows Hijiri88 has assumed bad faith. He has focused on other editors and not on content WP:FOC.
He requires it of others, and then ABF.
He even continued to ABF during this case.
ABF is shown towards editors who contribute to AN/I sections. [74] [75]
As the evidence shows, Hijiri88 has engaged in incivility, harassment, and personal attacks.
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In this section [99] Hijiri88 is concerned that his actions might lead to further consequences. This is a result multiple warnings. There is a hat section listing various complaints against TH1980 and CurtisNaito, amassed by Hijiri88 that is hatted. The exact same evidence is then used by Sturmgewehr88 to go after TH1980 here. [100] There is an email mentioned in John Carters evidence on the topic Hijiri88 asking Sturmgewehr88 to initiate discussion of sanctioning other editors. An on wiki discussion detailing plans to seek sanctions at WP:ANEW is here [101]
This extends into the GAR [102] and Sturmgewehr88 went [103]
Hijiri88 canvassed Sturmgewehr88 to Dennis Browns page. [104]
Hijiri88 also canvassed Sturmgewehr88 into an AN/I section on him. [105]
Sturmgewehr88, and Curly Turkey have discussed ways to limit the Arbcom case to protect Hijiri88. [106]
Support I agree. All of the above evidence regarding Hijiri and Sturmgewehr's behavior in this regard passes the "Duck test" with flying colors. TH1980 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
Hijiri88 is warned that any further incivility, personal attacks, and assuming bad faith will result in additional consequences.
The evidence shows that Hijiri88 has engaged in incivility and has assumed bad faith instead of focusing on contend and helping to build a encyclopedia. He is blocked from Wikipedia. The block can be appealed after 1 year.
Support This is a fair solution amply backed by all of the evidence presented above. TH1980 ( talk) 22:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Sturmgewehr88 is warned that any further responding to canvassing and colluding to seek sanctions and will result in additional consequences.
Sturmgewehr88 is banned from AN/I and AN. They may post AN and AN/I with prior approval of an uninvolved admin, the request must refrence this ban and page in the request. The ban may be appealed after 6 months.
Support This corrective action is warranted. TH1980 ( talk) 23:24, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
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Per WP:FOC. The purpose of talk pages is to discuss content and articles WP:TALK#USE.
The citation of arbitrary sources in article text is inappropriate. Removal of these citations is required by our content policies. Referring to such removals as "censorship" is an assumption of bad faith.
Civility is required, especially in areas where there is disagreement. Editors in areas where there is disagreement should take extra steps to avoid uncivil behaviour. Personal attacks and harassment are unnecessary and only add fuel to the fire.
WP:NPA Personal attacks harm the Wikipedia community, they harm the cooperation needed to create an encyclopedia.
WP:TALKNO Misrepresenting others harms the building of an encyclopedia and creates mistrust. We should not misrepresent what others have said but try to AGF and understand the point of view of other editors.
Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle of WP. We must assume that other editors are acting in good faith and not come to the conclusion they are acting in ways that are intended to harm the project or editors. While not a suicide pact, repeated actions must be shown to be against the purpose of building an encyclopedia for editors to ABF. This includes interpreting other users' edits in a negative light (calling them "censorship") even when they have provided sound policy-based reasoning and drawing unverifiable conclusions about other users' off-wiki email activity.
Selectively interpreting the scope of a case and inviting users who are uninvolved but have a history with one party, while not inviting users who are involved but are on the wrong side, can be interpreted as a form of canvassing, and is inappropriate.
Meatpuppetry is divisive. By using others to achieve ends we can not do on our own it is possible to game the system.
This Arbitration case is about the dispute between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 centred around the articles Kenji Miyazawa and Kokuchūkai, and also encompassing a small group of other, related articles. Disputes between Catflap08 and other users in the topic areas of "Soka Gakkai", "German history" and "German culture", and disputes between Hijiri88 and other users in the areas of "Japanese history", "Japanese literature" and "Japan-Korea relations" are unrelated to this Arbitration case. Both sides of this case have inappropriately referenced the other's past, unrelated disputes with other users, as have those other users themselves when they weighed in on this case.
The interaction ban between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 has failed in its purpose of preventing disruption to the project.
Catflap08 made a series of disruptive article edits to Kenji Miyazawa, Kokuchūkai, Daisaku Ikeda and others based on his misunderstanding of policies including Verifiability and No original research. Attempts by Hijiri88 and others to correct these mistakes and explain our content policies did not constitute "censorship".
The mutual interaction ban was violated several times by both parties, including spontaneously joining talk page discussion in which the other party was involved, [110] [111] mentioning the other on user talk pages, [112] [113] [114] [115] mentioning the other party in administrators' noticeboard discussion that was not covered under BANEX [116] [117] and possibly colluding off-wiki with third parties to violate the IBAN by proxy. Catflap08 additionally made manual reverts of edits made before the ban by Hijiri88 [118] and spontaneously joined an ANI discussion to propose banning Hijiri88 from editing the article Korean influence on Japanese culture [119] mentioning Hijiri88 in the edit summary.
Both parties have behaved in an uncivil manner, Hijiri88 in calling Catflap08 a jackass and a jerk, Catflap08 in calling Hijiri88 a racist and a xenophobe and calling Sturmgewehr88 a neo-fascist.
John Carter and AlbinoFerret have attempted to game the system by using this Arbitration case to filibuster unrelated ANI discussions of users peripherally involved in this dispute who took Catflap08's side, while actively supporting blocks for Hijiri88 and users on his side of the dispute.
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
The interaction ban between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 is dissolved. Both parties are however strongly admonished not to actively attempt to interact with each other. Further incivility, personal attacks and/or refusal to acknowledge others' advice regarding content policies on the part of either editor will be met with blocks of minimum one week. Both users are also strongly discouraged from discussing edits made by the other, in edit summaries, on article talk pages or noticeboards, or with any other user.
In recognition of repeated, unsanctioned past violations of the interaction ban by both parties, Catflap08 and Hijiri88 are blocked from editing for one month.
Catflap08 is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kenji Miyazawa". This ban will be dissolved if and when Catflap08 shows an understanding of and a willingness to abide by both our core content policies and community consensus.
Catflap08 is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kokuchūkai". This ban will be dissolved if and when Catflap08 shows an understanding of and a willingness to abide by both our core content policies and community consensus.
John Carter is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kenji Miyazawa".
John Carter is banned from interacting with either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88 in the mainspace or mentioning either of them on user talk pages. Hijiri88 and Sturmgewehr88 are both banned from interacting with John Carter in the mainspace, or mentioning him on user talk pages. This ban applies only to certain namespaces for the following reason: all three users are regular contributors to various noticeboards, and their (infrequent, accidental) interactions there have not been a cause of disruption; this is also the case for Hijiri88 and John Carter's interactions on talk pages related to Christianity, a topic area in which they both occasionally edit; the disruptive interactions on ANI have with one exception (John Carter's including a reference to Hijiri88 on his user page) all sprung from their negative interactions in the article space.
Hijiri88 and Catflap08 will be blocked for a minimum of one week if they violate C, NPA or IDHT again.
Catflap08 will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours if he makes any edit related to "Kenji Miyazawa" or "Kokuchūkai".
John Carter will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours if he makes any edit related to "Kenji Miyazawa".
If either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88 violates the interaction ban with John Carter, they will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours.
If John Carter violates the interaction ban with either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88, he will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours.
1) WP:CIV Uncivil behaviour on a regular bases and being called names is not a really joyful experience while editing as it also goes against the principles laid out at WP:CTW
2) WP:STICKTOSOURCE We all at times quarrel on sources, about their relevance. Deleting references and notes can therefore be a form of censorship assuming the readers cannot make up their own opinion.
3) WP:HOUND “Usually (but not always) the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine, frighten, or discourage them from editing.” Being singled out and followed around is a form of bullying and shows less interest in the projects scope in terms of content.
1) Most diffs have already been presented by other editors the most remarkable though are the “are the jerk issue” [132] and branding me for example incompetent [133].
2) Please do also note this diff [134] which by what a surprise that is now - is about the town I live in. Although I did no edits about the towns layout but since I am an architect SOME source do indicate that Karlsruhe along with Mannheim and other planned cities may have been a source of inspiration for Washington DC. Hijirii88’s remarks in this edit are by at its best adolescent but may serve as an ndicator for their intentions. Appearing in articles they have never shown much interest on following a ban against them. It must be pure coincidence that those are the areas I am most interested in. Nichiren Buddhism Nichirenism Nichiren Shōshū Nichiren
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1) WP:TBAN I would propose a topic ban against Hijirii88 concerning all articles within the category of Nichiren Buddhism. Those are the articles that I focus on most – which is easy to see. Considering Hijirii88 all of a sudden making an appearance in those articles, following an edit ban, and taking into account the current IBAN I would no longer be able to contribute much. Their edits seemed to have been aimed against me as a person.
The topic ban from Kenji Miyazawa is aimed not so much to keep them from adding, hence contributing facts, but from deleting facts such as religious affiliation.
Even though the interaction ban may be considered to have somewhat failed it, combined with the proposed topic bans, will help to keep the parties apart and to stay focused on their chosen field of interest.
2) {text of proposed remedy}
The proposed bans should stay in place for as long as possible. I do not want to propose a text per se at this point as I already outlined the desired outcome above. It is quite straight forward, otherwise I would not be able to contribute much anyways. Please do note that for various reasons I have to stay concise.
1) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - not a battleground, forum, or place for original research or bias.
2) OR and SYNTH - are prohibited by policy. We are supposed to report, faithfully, on reliable sources to build the encyclopedia.
3) NPOV - is one of the pillars of Wikipedia. Editors must write neutrally in order to provide the best coverage of article subjects and not mislead our readers.
4) BATTLEGROUND and WAR - are prohibited by policy. There are no "sides" in a dispute, and behaving as if there are hinders the cöoperation needed to build an encyclopedia. Edit warring is disruptive and only results in hurt feelings.
5) MEAT, TAGTEAM, and PROXY - are, with few exceptions, prohibited. Editors are encouraged to work together to build the encyclopedia, not to evade sanctions or make disruptive edits.
6) STALK - is prohibited. It is not only disruptive to articles, but can also force a productive editor off Wikipedia. Scanning a user's edits for vandalism or consistent editing mistakes is not wikistalking.
7) NPA and CIVIL - are one of the pillars of Wikipedia. Insults and offensive comments are always uncalled for. Strong language in and of itself is not a violation, but aimed at others it is. Uncivil behavior hinders cöoperation and disrupts talk pages.
8) LAWYER and GAME - are not policy, but are strongly discouraged and blockable offenses. Both are highly disruptive to Wikipedia.
9) IDHT - is extremely frustrating behavior that stops almost all productive discussion. Ignoring what others say or even reality is highly disruptive.
10) IBANs - are put in place for a reason. Violating them is prohibited; they should be strictly enforced.
1) Catflap08 and CurtisNaito violated OR, SYNTH, and NPOV numerous times. Catflap has added citations that have nothing to do with statements he added, both have added misinterpretations of sources or a synthesis of them, and both have violated NPOV at Kenji Miyazawa/ Kokuchūkai and Korean influence on Japanese culture/ Emperor Jimmu, respectively.
2) Calling other users homophobes, Holocaust deniers, racists, Fascists, and other such comments made by Catflap are absolutely unacceptable and blatantly violate NPA.
3) Calling another editor a jackass (even if they're acting like one) is not ok. Randomly accusing editors of sockpuppetry is not ok. Using any combination of BOLD/ITALICS/CAPS, even if the other editor refuses to listen, is also not ok.
4) CurtisNaito repeatedly claimed that "no problems with sourcing were ever found" on History of Japan, an article that he unilaterally rewrote and nominated for GA status, even after it was delisted for not meeting GA requirements for sourcing and scope. He also refuses to listen when multiple editors tell him his sources aren't reliable/he misinterpreted a source/article content isn't required to be organized chronologically/etc.
5) Based on a pattern of involvement in disputes concerning Hijiri88 and an analysis of his edits, it is obviously clear that TH1980 was wikistalking Hijiri. TH1980 appeared at every ANI thread involving Hijiri and requested sanctions. He also appeared at numerous articles where Hijiri was involved in a dispute. The grand majority of his edits in the last 9 months had something to do with Hijiri. His involvement in this case is just the latest stone in a road of harassment.
6) Shortly after the IBAN was put in place, John Carter, who had been supporting Catflap throughout the ANI thread that resulted in the IBAN, appeared at Kenji Miyazawa, a page he had never edited before, and reverted a self-revert by Hijiri. Over the course of the following month, John Carter fought tooth and nail over any edit that Hijiri tried to make to the article. At first claiming that the article's subject wasn't a nationalist due to his one-time membership in a nationalist group, John Carter then turned around and claimed the opposite. In all, John Carter made 51 edits to the talk page and just 5 edits (all reverts) to the article, none of which helped to improve the article. He suddenly lost interest after other editors got involved. In regards to this article, John Carter was not here to build an encyclopedia, but to "right great wrongs" on behalf of Catflap.
7) John Carter has not only lobbied to involve more editors (who are in disputes with Hijiri) in this case, trying to turn this into "Hijiri vs the world", but has actively protected them through wikilawyering. He shut down my ANI thread against TH1980 (for wikistalking) by claiming that I was attempting to game the system by getting an editor blocked who wanted to present evidence in this case; he also claimed that editors who were possibly involved at ArbCom were exempt from blocks, which he brought up again at an ANI thread opened by Curly Turkey involving CurtisNaito (for edit warring and IDHT). Also, during the Kenji Miyazawa dispute, he opened an ANI thread against me for possible copyright violations when I posted quotes (which he requested) from an encyclopedia to the article talk page.
8) CurtisNaito and TH1980 tag teamed to avoid violating 3RR, then reported Hijiri88 for edit warring.
9) At even the smallest of mistakes, John Carter has openly questioned my competence (and that of many others) along with holier-than-thou and insulting comments. He takes responses with contempt and has even banned me and Hijiri from editing his talk page.
10) TH1980 has gotten involved in multiple disputes where they had no idea what was going on but immediately took the "side" of whoever was against Hijiri88. No matter what was disputed or who was right, TH1980 faithfully supported whoever was against Hijiri. He would also appear at ANI threads involving Hijiri and, without reading any of the evidence, request or support sanctions against Hijiri.
Proposal regarding non-party. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:27, 10 November 2015 (UTC) |
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11) Although I have only one diff from outside the case pages, I assume that the page histories from this case can be used as evidence. AlbinoFerret has only been causing trouble here. Not only did he only provide evidence against two of the six named parties, the majority of said evidence was also presented by other parties. He has been heavily involved in almost every ANI thread concerning Hijiri88 and Curly Turkey, always asking for sanctions against them, and yet claimed that Curly Turkey, and not he, was involved enough to be named a party to this case. He has accused me, Hijiri, and Curly Turkey of being a cabal. He has blatantly presented events in a way that is untrue and makes me look like a meatpuppet of Hijiri. He attempted to game this case by stating that a user (CurtisNaito in this instance) involved at ArbCom is exempt from sanctions during the case, while not saying a word about Hijiri being blocked for a week in the middle of the case. He is further gaming this case by copy/pasting "there is no evidence presented for this" and/or "evidence needs to be on this page to prove the findings" in order to make Hijiri's FOF appear unfounded. Not only is such response to "evidence is on the evidence page" blatant IDHT, he continued the IDHT behavior on the talk page even after the clerk bluntly stated "you do not need to repeat your evidence in your workshop sections".
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Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
1) Hijiri88, CurtisNaito, Catflap08, and John Carter are blocked for 1 month for their violations.
2) TH1980 is blocked indefinitely for his violations.
2) The IBAN between Hijiri88 and Catflap08 remains in force.
3) An IBAN is placed between John Carter and Sturmgewehr88, and between John Carter and Hijiri88.
4) Catflap08 is page banned from Kokuchūkai and topic banned from Kenji Miyazawa indefinitely.
5) Hijiri88 is topic banned from articles concerning Nichiren Buddhism, with the exception of Kenji Miyazawa and Kokuchūkai, indefinitely.
6) An IBAN is placed between AblinoFerret and Sturmgewehr88, between AlbinoFerret and Hijiri88, and between AlbinoFerret and Curly Turkey.
Proposal regarding non-party. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:27, 10 November 2015 (UTC) |
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7) AlbinoFerret is blocked for 1 week for his behavior during this case.
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1) Editors may not interact under any circumstances; they may not discuss each other or each other's edits, revert each other's edits either by use of the "undo" button or any other means, or even mention each other's username except on a noticeboard concerning the IBAN. Using "the other editor" to talk about the other editor amounts to gaming. Each violation will be met with a block of 1 week.
2) Editors may not edit in the area that they are banned from under any circumstances. Each violation will be met with a block of 1 week. After 1 year the ban can be appealed if the editor has proven that they now understand Wikipedia policies and guidelines. ミーラー強斗武 ( StG88ぬ会話) 17:43, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Place here items of evidence (with diffs) and detailed analysis
- added by AlbinoFerret (signature added by Liz Read! Talk! 23:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC))
- added by AlbinoFerret (signature added by Liz Read! Talk! 23:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC))
Case clerks: Liz ( Talk) & Jim Carter ( Talk) Drafting arbitrator: GorillaWarfare ( Talk)
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(1) " Assuming good faith is a mainstay on Wikipedia." Collaborative editing is not possible when an editor focuses on impugning the motivations of other editors instead of article content.
(2) Wikipedia:Harassment - Wikipedia rules treat harassment very seriously. Wikihounding and threats are very serious forms of disruptive editing.
(3) Canvassing for votes during any Wikipedia discussion is prohibited. Canvassing for support in order to alter consensus constitutes disruptive editing.
(4) Wikipedia: Civility - Mutual respect among editors and respectful language toward other editors is necessary to provide a friendly and collaborative environment for editing. Uncivil comments or personal attacks produce ill will among users and intimidates users seeking to make constructive contributions.
(5) " Wikipedia is not a battleground." The purpose of Wikipedia is to improve article content through joint effort among editors, not to score victories over opponents.
(1) Hijiri88 has not assumed good faith towards the users Catflap08, [1] [2] [3] [4], John Carter,(" You... are not here to help improve the article"), and CurtisNaito. [5] [6] [7](" constructive discussion can take place on the talk page. You have already demonstrated that you are incapable of this")
On many occasions, Hijiri88 has very unashamedly admitted to not assuming good faith. [8] [9]
(2) Hijiri88 admitted that he was hounding Catflap08. [11] Hijiri88 followed Catflap08 to multiple articles in which Hijiri88 had no previous interest in order to cast aspersions on him. [12] [13] The admin Drmies warned Hijiri88 about his following of Catflap08 even after the IBAN was put in place. [14]
Hijiri88 has made both explicit threats against TH1980(" You can count on me seeing to your receiving harsh repercussions for this") and implicit ones [15], and has posted harassing messages on his talk page. [16] [17] Hijiri has followed TH1980 to articles in which Hijiri88 had no previous interest only to revert or modify TH1980's edits. [18] [19]
Hijiri88 has also posted threats and harassing messages on the talk page of CurtisNaito. [20] [21] He followed CurtisNaito to other articles in which he had no previous interest and posted harassing comments there, including at History of Japan [22] [23] [24], the Iwane Matsui featured article review, [25] and the Ralph Townsend featured article review. [26] Due to this comment, Hijiri88 was banned for one week for issuing " completely unacceptable" threats against CurtisNaito, but he still refused to admit he had done anything wrong.
(3) Hijiri88 regularly canvasses for the support of other users during AN/I discussions about him by posting non-neutral messages on their talk pages or on other forums. [27] [28] [29] [30] The admin Drmies admonished Hijiri88 for this canvassing. [31]
(4) Hijiri88 has made clear personal attacks and uncivil comments directed at user Catflap08. [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] However, Hijiri88 strongly defended his use of personal attacks against Catflap08 on multiple occasions. [40] [41]
Hijiri88 has made personal attacks and uncivil comments directed at the users TH1980, [42] [43](" POV-pushing sock"), John Carter, [44] [45] [46] [47] and CurtisNaito. [48] [49] [50] [51]
(5) The admin Jayron32 noted that Hijiri88 adopts a battleground mentality towards editing. [52] Hijiri88 often speaks about editing in terms of winning and losing.(" I guarantee you you will lose that argument")(" you (h)ave lost on a content issue")
Hijiri88 sees himself as battling against a long list of "Korean" editors, including TH1980, who he targeted in his user space. He believes that these editors intend to " go onto English Wikipedia and denigrate another country's culture". He has used even the text of Wikipedia articles themselves to attack his perceived opponents, the " Korean ultranationalists".
-Battleground statements were made while this workshop was ongoing. [53] [54] [55]
Support Again, the evidence is clear as to Hijiri's behavior in this regard. (And for the record, I am not Korean nor of Korean descent. I am an Anglo-Saxon American with a keen interest in Japanese history, in particular Japan in World War Two.) TH1980 ( talk) 23:07, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Per WP:FOC. The purpose of talk pages is to discuss content and articles WP:TALK#USE.
Civility is required, especially in areas where there is disagreement. Editors in areas where there is disagreement should take extra steps to avoid uncivil behaviour. Personal attacks and harassment are unnecessary and only add fuel to the fire.
WP:NPA Personal attacks harm the Wikipedia community, they harm the cooperation needed to create an encyclopedia.
WP:TALKNO Misrepresenting others harms the building of an encyclopedia and creates mistrust. We should not misrepresent what others have said but try to AGF and understand the point of view of other editors.
Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle of WP. We must assume that other editors are acting in good faith and not come to the conclusion they are acting in ways that are intended to harm the project or editors. While not a suicide pact, repeated actions must be shown to be against the purpose of building an encyclopedia for editors to ABF.
Per WP:WIKIHOUNDING "Wikihounding is the singling out of one or more editors, and joining discussions on multiple pages or topics they may edit or multiple debates where they contribute, in order to repeatedly confront or inhibit their work. This is with an apparent aim of creating irritation, annoyance or distress to the other editor" Causing distress by hounding is divisive, and harms the goal of building an encyclopedia.
Meatpuppetry is divisive. By using others to achieve ends we can not do on our own it is possible to game the system.
Evidence must be provided when accusing another editor of misbehaviour. This is especially true if the accusations are repeated or severe.
The evidence shows Hijiri88 has assumed bad faith. He has focused on other editors and not on content WP:FOC.
He requires it of others, and then ABF.
He even continued to ABF during this case.
ABF is shown towards editors who contribute to AN/I sections. [74] [75]
As the evidence shows, Hijiri88 has engaged in incivility, harassment, and personal attacks.
In edit comments
In this section [99] Hijiri88 is concerned that his actions might lead to further consequences. This is a result multiple warnings. There is a hat section listing various complaints against TH1980 and CurtisNaito, amassed by Hijiri88 that is hatted. The exact same evidence is then used by Sturmgewehr88 to go after TH1980 here. [100] There is an email mentioned in John Carters evidence on the topic Hijiri88 asking Sturmgewehr88 to initiate discussion of sanctioning other editors. An on wiki discussion detailing plans to seek sanctions at WP:ANEW is here [101]
This extends into the GAR [102] and Sturmgewehr88 went [103]
Hijiri88 canvassed Sturmgewehr88 to Dennis Browns page. [104]
Hijiri88 also canvassed Sturmgewehr88 into an AN/I section on him. [105]
Sturmgewehr88, and Curly Turkey have discussed ways to limit the Arbcom case to protect Hijiri88. [106]
Support I agree. All of the above evidence regarding Hijiri and Sturmgewehr's behavior in this regard passes the "Duck test" with flying colors. TH1980 ( talk) 22:01, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
Hijiri88 is warned that any further incivility, personal attacks, and assuming bad faith will result in additional consequences.
The evidence shows that Hijiri88 has engaged in incivility and has assumed bad faith instead of focusing on contend and helping to build a encyclopedia. He is blocked from Wikipedia. The block can be appealed after 1 year.
Support This is a fair solution amply backed by all of the evidence presented above. TH1980 ( talk) 22:05, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
Sturmgewehr88 is warned that any further responding to canvassing and colluding to seek sanctions and will result in additional consequences.
Sturmgewehr88 is banned from AN/I and AN. They may post AN and AN/I with prior approval of an uninvolved admin, the request must refrence this ban and page in the request. The ban may be appealed after 6 months.
Support This corrective action is warranted. TH1980 ( talk) 23:24, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
1) {text of proposed enforcement}
2) {text of proposed enforcement}
Per WP:FOC. The purpose of talk pages is to discuss content and articles WP:TALK#USE.
The citation of arbitrary sources in article text is inappropriate. Removal of these citations is required by our content policies. Referring to such removals as "censorship" is an assumption of bad faith.
Civility is required, especially in areas where there is disagreement. Editors in areas where there is disagreement should take extra steps to avoid uncivil behaviour. Personal attacks and harassment are unnecessary and only add fuel to the fire.
WP:NPA Personal attacks harm the Wikipedia community, they harm the cooperation needed to create an encyclopedia.
WP:TALKNO Misrepresenting others harms the building of an encyclopedia and creates mistrust. We should not misrepresent what others have said but try to AGF and understand the point of view of other editors.
Assuming good faith is a fundamental principle of WP. We must assume that other editors are acting in good faith and not come to the conclusion they are acting in ways that are intended to harm the project or editors. While not a suicide pact, repeated actions must be shown to be against the purpose of building an encyclopedia for editors to ABF. This includes interpreting other users' edits in a negative light (calling them "censorship") even when they have provided sound policy-based reasoning and drawing unverifiable conclusions about other users' off-wiki email activity.
Selectively interpreting the scope of a case and inviting users who are uninvolved but have a history with one party, while not inviting users who are involved but are on the wrong side, can be interpreted as a form of canvassing, and is inappropriate.
Meatpuppetry is divisive. By using others to achieve ends we can not do on our own it is possible to game the system.
This Arbitration case is about the dispute between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 centred around the articles Kenji Miyazawa and Kokuchūkai, and also encompassing a small group of other, related articles. Disputes between Catflap08 and other users in the topic areas of "Soka Gakkai", "German history" and "German culture", and disputes between Hijiri88 and other users in the areas of "Japanese history", "Japanese literature" and "Japan-Korea relations" are unrelated to this Arbitration case. Both sides of this case have inappropriately referenced the other's past, unrelated disputes with other users, as have those other users themselves when they weighed in on this case.
The interaction ban between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 has failed in its purpose of preventing disruption to the project.
Catflap08 made a series of disruptive article edits to Kenji Miyazawa, Kokuchūkai, Daisaku Ikeda and others based on his misunderstanding of policies including Verifiability and No original research. Attempts by Hijiri88 and others to correct these mistakes and explain our content policies did not constitute "censorship".
The mutual interaction ban was violated several times by both parties, including spontaneously joining talk page discussion in which the other party was involved, [110] [111] mentioning the other on user talk pages, [112] [113] [114] [115] mentioning the other party in administrators' noticeboard discussion that was not covered under BANEX [116] [117] and possibly colluding off-wiki with third parties to violate the IBAN by proxy. Catflap08 additionally made manual reverts of edits made before the ban by Hijiri88 [118] and spontaneously joined an ANI discussion to propose banning Hijiri88 from editing the article Korean influence on Japanese culture [119] mentioning Hijiri88 in the edit summary.
Both parties have behaved in an uncivil manner, Hijiri88 in calling Catflap08 a jackass and a jerk, Catflap08 in calling Hijiri88 a racist and a xenophobe and calling Sturmgewehr88 a neo-fascist.
John Carter and AlbinoFerret have attempted to game the system by using this Arbitration case to filibuster unrelated ANI discussions of users peripherally involved in this dispute who took Catflap08's side, while actively supporting blocks for Hijiri88 and users on his side of the dispute.
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
The interaction ban between Catflap08 and Hijiri88 is dissolved. Both parties are however strongly admonished not to actively attempt to interact with each other. Further incivility, personal attacks and/or refusal to acknowledge others' advice regarding content policies on the part of either editor will be met with blocks of minimum one week. Both users are also strongly discouraged from discussing edits made by the other, in edit summaries, on article talk pages or noticeboards, or with any other user.
In recognition of repeated, unsanctioned past violations of the interaction ban by both parties, Catflap08 and Hijiri88 are blocked from editing for one month.
Catflap08 is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kenji Miyazawa". This ban will be dissolved if and when Catflap08 shows an understanding of and a willingness to abide by both our core content policies and community consensus.
Catflap08 is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kokuchūkai". This ban will be dissolved if and when Catflap08 shows an understanding of and a willingness to abide by both our core content policies and community consensus.
John Carter is indefinitely topic-banned from "Kenji Miyazawa".
John Carter is banned from interacting with either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88 in the mainspace or mentioning either of them on user talk pages. Hijiri88 and Sturmgewehr88 are both banned from interacting with John Carter in the mainspace, or mentioning him on user talk pages. This ban applies only to certain namespaces for the following reason: all three users are regular contributors to various noticeboards, and their (infrequent, accidental) interactions there have not been a cause of disruption; this is also the case for Hijiri88 and John Carter's interactions on talk pages related to Christianity, a topic area in which they both occasionally edit; the disruptive interactions on ANI have with one exception (John Carter's including a reference to Hijiri88 on his user page) all sprung from their negative interactions in the article space.
Hijiri88 and Catflap08 will be blocked for a minimum of one week if they violate C, NPA or IDHT again.
Catflap08 will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours if he makes any edit related to "Kenji Miyazawa" or "Kokuchūkai".
John Carter will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours if he makes any edit related to "Kenji Miyazawa".
If either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88 violates the interaction ban with John Carter, they will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours.
If John Carter violates the interaction ban with either Hijiri88 or Sturmgewehr88, he will be blocked for a minimum of 24 hours.
1) WP:CIV Uncivil behaviour on a regular bases and being called names is not a really joyful experience while editing as it also goes against the principles laid out at WP:CTW
2) WP:STICKTOSOURCE We all at times quarrel on sources, about their relevance. Deleting references and notes can therefore be a form of censorship assuming the readers cannot make up their own opinion.
3) WP:HOUND “Usually (but not always) the purpose is to make the target feel threatened or intimidated, and the outcome may be to make editing Wikipedia unpleasant for the target, to undermine, frighten, or discourage them from editing.” Being singled out and followed around is a form of bullying and shows less interest in the projects scope in terms of content.
1) Most diffs have already been presented by other editors the most remarkable though are the “are the jerk issue” [132] and branding me for example incompetent [133].
2) Please do also note this diff [134] which by what a surprise that is now - is about the town I live in. Although I did no edits about the towns layout but since I am an architect SOME source do indicate that Karlsruhe along with Mannheim and other planned cities may have been a source of inspiration for Washington DC. Hijirii88’s remarks in this edit are by at its best adolescent but may serve as an ndicator for their intentions. Appearing in articles they have never shown much interest on following a ban against them. It must be pure coincidence that those are the areas I am most interested in. Nichiren Buddhism Nichirenism Nichiren Shōshū Nichiren
Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
1) WP:TBAN I would propose a topic ban against Hijirii88 concerning all articles within the category of Nichiren Buddhism. Those are the articles that I focus on most – which is easy to see. Considering Hijirii88 all of a sudden making an appearance in those articles, following an edit ban, and taking into account the current IBAN I would no longer be able to contribute much. Their edits seemed to have been aimed against me as a person.
The topic ban from Kenji Miyazawa is aimed not so much to keep them from adding, hence contributing facts, but from deleting facts such as religious affiliation.
Even though the interaction ban may be considered to have somewhat failed it, combined with the proposed topic bans, will help to keep the parties apart and to stay focused on their chosen field of interest.
2) {text of proposed remedy}
The proposed bans should stay in place for as long as possible. I do not want to propose a text per se at this point as I already outlined the desired outcome above. It is quite straight forward, otherwise I would not be able to contribute much anyways. Please do note that for various reasons I have to stay concise.
1) Wikipedia is an encyclopedia - not a battleground, forum, or place for original research or bias.
2) OR and SYNTH - are prohibited by policy. We are supposed to report, faithfully, on reliable sources to build the encyclopedia.
3) NPOV - is one of the pillars of Wikipedia. Editors must write neutrally in order to provide the best coverage of article subjects and not mislead our readers.
4) BATTLEGROUND and WAR - are prohibited by policy. There are no "sides" in a dispute, and behaving as if there are hinders the cöoperation needed to build an encyclopedia. Edit warring is disruptive and only results in hurt feelings.
5) MEAT, TAGTEAM, and PROXY - are, with few exceptions, prohibited. Editors are encouraged to work together to build the encyclopedia, not to evade sanctions or make disruptive edits.
6) STALK - is prohibited. It is not only disruptive to articles, but can also force a productive editor off Wikipedia. Scanning a user's edits for vandalism or consistent editing mistakes is not wikistalking.
7) NPA and CIVIL - are one of the pillars of Wikipedia. Insults and offensive comments are always uncalled for. Strong language in and of itself is not a violation, but aimed at others it is. Uncivil behavior hinders cöoperation and disrupts talk pages.
8) LAWYER and GAME - are not policy, but are strongly discouraged and blockable offenses. Both are highly disruptive to Wikipedia.
9) IDHT - is extremely frustrating behavior that stops almost all productive discussion. Ignoring what others say or even reality is highly disruptive.
10) IBANs - are put in place for a reason. Violating them is prohibited; they should be strictly enforced.
1) Catflap08 and CurtisNaito violated OR, SYNTH, and NPOV numerous times. Catflap has added citations that have nothing to do with statements he added, both have added misinterpretations of sources or a synthesis of them, and both have violated NPOV at Kenji Miyazawa/ Kokuchūkai and Korean influence on Japanese culture/ Emperor Jimmu, respectively.
2) Calling other users homophobes, Holocaust deniers, racists, Fascists, and other such comments made by Catflap are absolutely unacceptable and blatantly violate NPA.
3) Calling another editor a jackass (even if they're acting like one) is not ok. Randomly accusing editors of sockpuppetry is not ok. Using any combination of BOLD/ITALICS/CAPS, even if the other editor refuses to listen, is also not ok.
4) CurtisNaito repeatedly claimed that "no problems with sourcing were ever found" on History of Japan, an article that he unilaterally rewrote and nominated for GA status, even after it was delisted for not meeting GA requirements for sourcing and scope. He also refuses to listen when multiple editors tell him his sources aren't reliable/he misinterpreted a source/article content isn't required to be organized chronologically/etc.
5) Based on a pattern of involvement in disputes concerning Hijiri88 and an analysis of his edits, it is obviously clear that TH1980 was wikistalking Hijiri. TH1980 appeared at every ANI thread involving Hijiri and requested sanctions. He also appeared at numerous articles where Hijiri was involved in a dispute. The grand majority of his edits in the last 9 months had something to do with Hijiri. His involvement in this case is just the latest stone in a road of harassment.
6) Shortly after the IBAN was put in place, John Carter, who had been supporting Catflap throughout the ANI thread that resulted in the IBAN, appeared at Kenji Miyazawa, a page he had never edited before, and reverted a self-revert by Hijiri. Over the course of the following month, John Carter fought tooth and nail over any edit that Hijiri tried to make to the article. At first claiming that the article's subject wasn't a nationalist due to his one-time membership in a nationalist group, John Carter then turned around and claimed the opposite. In all, John Carter made 51 edits to the talk page and just 5 edits (all reverts) to the article, none of which helped to improve the article. He suddenly lost interest after other editors got involved. In regards to this article, John Carter was not here to build an encyclopedia, but to "right great wrongs" on behalf of Catflap.
7) John Carter has not only lobbied to involve more editors (who are in disputes with Hijiri) in this case, trying to turn this into "Hijiri vs the world", but has actively protected them through wikilawyering. He shut down my ANI thread against TH1980 (for wikistalking) by claiming that I was attempting to game the system by getting an editor blocked who wanted to present evidence in this case; he also claimed that editors who were possibly involved at ArbCom were exempt from blocks, which he brought up again at an ANI thread opened by Curly Turkey involving CurtisNaito (for edit warring and IDHT). Also, during the Kenji Miyazawa dispute, he opened an ANI thread against me for possible copyright violations when I posted quotes (which he requested) from an encyclopedia to the article talk page.
8) CurtisNaito and TH1980 tag teamed to avoid violating 3RR, then reported Hijiri88 for edit warring.
9) At even the smallest of mistakes, John Carter has openly questioned my competence (and that of many others) along with holier-than-thou and insulting comments. He takes responses with contempt and has even banned me and Hijiri from editing his talk page.
10) TH1980 has gotten involved in multiple disputes where they had no idea what was going on but immediately took the "side" of whoever was against Hijiri88. No matter what was disputed or who was right, TH1980 faithfully supported whoever was against Hijiri. He would also appear at ANI threads involving Hijiri and, without reading any of the evidence, request or support sanctions against Hijiri.
Proposal regarding non-party. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:27, 10 November 2015 (UTC) |
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11) Although I have only one diff from outside the case pages, I assume that the page histories from this case can be used as evidence. AlbinoFerret has only been causing trouble here. Not only did he only provide evidence against two of the six named parties, the majority of said evidence was also presented by other parties. He has been heavily involved in almost every ANI thread concerning Hijiri88 and Curly Turkey, always asking for sanctions against them, and yet claimed that Curly Turkey, and not he, was involved enough to be named a party to this case. He has accused me, Hijiri, and Curly Turkey of being a cabal. He has blatantly presented events in a way that is untrue and makes me look like a meatpuppet of Hijiri. He attempted to game this case by stating that a user (CurtisNaito in this instance) involved at ArbCom is exempt from sanctions during the case, while not saying a word about Hijiri being blocked for a week in the middle of the case. He is further gaming this case by copy/pasting "there is no evidence presented for this" and/or "evidence needs to be on this page to prove the findings" in order to make Hijiri's FOF appear unfounded. Not only is such response to "evidence is on the evidence page" blatant IDHT, he continued the IDHT behavior on the talk page even after the clerk bluntly stated "you do not need to repeat your evidence in your workshop sections".
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Note: All remedies that refer to a period of time, for example to a ban of X months or a revert parole of Y months, are to run concurrently unless otherwise stated.
1) Hijiri88, CurtisNaito, Catflap08, and John Carter are blocked for 1 month for their violations.
2) TH1980 is blocked indefinitely for his violations.
2) The IBAN between Hijiri88 and Catflap08 remains in force.
3) An IBAN is placed between John Carter and Sturmgewehr88, and between John Carter and Hijiri88.
4) Catflap08 is page banned from Kokuchūkai and topic banned from Kenji Miyazawa indefinitely.
5) Hijiri88 is topic banned from articles concerning Nichiren Buddhism, with the exception of Kenji Miyazawa and Kokuchūkai, indefinitely.
6) An IBAN is placed between AblinoFerret and Sturmgewehr88, between AlbinoFerret and Hijiri88, and between AlbinoFerret and Curly Turkey.
Proposal regarding non-party. GorillaWarfare (talk) 23:27, 10 November 2015 (UTC) |
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7) AlbinoFerret is blocked for 1 week for his behavior during this case.
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1) Editors may not interact under any circumstances; they may not discuss each other or each other's edits, revert each other's edits either by use of the "undo" button or any other means, or even mention each other's username except on a noticeboard concerning the IBAN. Using "the other editor" to talk about the other editor amounts to gaming. Each violation will be met with a block of 1 week.
2) Editors may not edit in the area that they are banned from under any circumstances. Each violation will be met with a block of 1 week. After 1 year the ban can be appealed if the editor has proven that they now understand Wikipedia policies and guidelines. ミーラー強斗武 ( StG88ぬ会話) 17:43, 10 November 2015 (UTC)
Place here items of evidence (with diffs) and detailed analysis
- added by AlbinoFerret (signature added by Liz Read! Talk! 23:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC))
- added by AlbinoFerret (signature added by Liz Read! Talk! 23:06, 12 November 2015 (UTC))